Relax COFF string table check

COFF object files with 0 as string table size are currently rejected. This
prevents us from reading object files written by tools like cvtres that
violate the PECOFF spec and write 0 instead of 4 for the size of an empty
string table.

llvm-svn: 202292

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/COFFObjectFile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/COFFObjectFile.cpp
index 41d21eed139..0c79506f419 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/COFFObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/COFFObjectFile.cpp
@@ -409,9 +409,13 @@ error_code COFFObjectFile::initSymbolTablePtr() {
       getObject(StringTable, Data, StringTableAddr, StringTableSize))
     return EC;
 
+  // Treat table sizes < 4 as empty because contrary to the PECOFF spec, some
+  // tools like cvtres write a size of 0 for an empty table instead of 4.
+  if (StringTableSize < 4)
+      StringTableSize = 4;
+
   // Check that the string table is null terminated if has any in it.
-  if (StringTableSize < 4 ||
-      (StringTableSize > 4 && StringTable[StringTableSize - 1] != 0))
+  if (StringTableSize > 4 && StringTable[StringTableSize - 1] != 0)
     return  object_error::parse_failed;
   return object_error::success;
 }